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Best Crochet Baby Blanket Books

Baby blankets are some of the most popular crochet projects ever. They make impressive baby shower gifts. Since babies are prone to wetting their bedding and spitting up on it, they need bunches of blankets; it’s a given that new moms sometimes have a hard time keeping up with the laundry their newborns generate. It’s no wonder that so many crochet enthusiasts are constantly on the lookout for new crochet baby blanket patterns.

If you’re interested in crocheting some lovely baby blankets, I invite you to consider this list featuring my picks for some of the best baby blanket pattern books I’ve come across.

Please keep in mind that there are many lovely baby blanket patterns on the market other than these. In most cases, I’ve included these specific books on the list because I’ve had fantastic results with actually crocheting at least one of the projects included, or at least enough of a project that I can confidently give you an objective recommendation for the book. In a few other cases, I haven’t actually crocheted the patterns, but I do own the books, and have spent enough time looking at them and going through the instructions that I feel confident in recommending the books to you.

Corner-to-Corner Lap Throws for the Family, a Crochet Pattern Book by Sarah Zimmerman — Published by Annie’s

Want to crochet colorful baby blankets featuring cute pictorial designs? That describes most of the projects in this book, although there’s also one vibrantly-colored stripe design for a bit of variety.

The blankets in this book are all crocheted using the corner-to-corner technique. If you aren’t familiar with the technique yet, the book does include a tutorial for it — although I think you might find it easier to learn corner-to-corner crochet by taking a video class. The highlight of the book is the 5 beautiful blanket patterns.

Why this book is included our list of “best crochet baby blanket books”:

The patterns in this book are simply enchanting. They’re colorful, cute, eye-catching and different from a lot of the other crochet baby blanket patterns you see around.

Whether you’re crocheting for a baby boy OR a baby girl, every single one of the blankets in this book could be an appropriate project for him or her. The designs are cute and sophisticated without being froo-froo.

The book is affordable and is available in multiple convenient formats. Whether you want to download it and get started right away or you want a tangible copy you can hold in your hand, you’re covered either way.

You’ll Find Fantastic Patterns for Crocheted Baby Clothes in the BookDressing Up Baby by Darla Sims, Published by Leisure Arts. This book is included on our list of best crochet baby blanket books.

This book made it onto our list of “best baby blanket books” for several reasons:

The blankets presented in this book are practical designs, and they’re also gorgeous.

This book is an excellent value for the money you spend on it. Not only do you get 5 baby blanket patterns, you also get patterns for accessories to complete matching layette sets. Each layette includes a crocheted baby blanket, a matching crocheted baby hat, a pair of warm booties and a coordinating sweater. You get 20 baby crochet patterns all together.

Whether you’re expecting a baby boy or girl, you’ll find worthwhile projects either way. Some of these sets have gender-neutral styling and some are better suited for baby girls.

I successfully completed 2 of the projects in this book, and I found the instructions to be clear and usable. I want to make even more of the projects in this book.

There are a number of good reasons this book is high on our list of best baby blanket pattern books:

This book offers outstanding value for the money you spend on it. It’s an affordable book to start with, and it has a variety of 8 different baby blanket patterns — enough to furnish all the blankets you’d need for a baby’s nursery, with a substantial amount of variety to keep you from getting bored while you crochet.

I found all these projects to be inspiring and educational in some way. There’s a lot to learn and explore here, which is particularly impressive considering how short this book is.

Tunisian Crochet for Baby

By Sharon Silverman; Published by Stackpole Books

The patterns included in Tunisian Crochet for Baby are all patterns for baby projects. They’re all worked in the Tunisian crochet technique utilizing a long crochet hook and rows worked in two passes, the forward pass and the return. The stitches differ somewhat from traditional crochet stitches, with some of them appearing and performing more like knitted stitches.

3 of the projects included in this book are baby blankets, and the rest are baby clothes and accessories. The blankets in this book are particularly nice ones, which is one reason why I’ve included this book on the list of best crochet baby blanket patterns. Here are a few other reasons:

No matter what your crochet skill level is right now, it’s likely to take a step forward after you’re finished working your way through the patterns in this book. There’s a lot to learn here.

The baby blankets in this book are appealing to many crocheters, as I found out when I posted about this book in my craft blog on another website. More than 50 crafters commented on my blog post to let me know they liked one or more projects in the book, and almost all of them chose one of the baby blankets as their favorite.

I enjoyed success with making one of the projects from this book, and I found the crochet instructions for the project to be clear and straightforward.

Those are our picks for the best crochet baby blanket books. If you need baby blanket patterns in just about any style or theme, these books give you bunches of fantastic choices to consider. Happy crocheting!

This page was last updated on September 6, 2017.

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